Cathleen Kronemer

Greetings!

My name is Cathleen, and I am a mother to two beautiful daughters, ages 15 and 22.

I have been involved in the fitness industry for over 20 years, teaching a variety of Group Exercise classes. Recently I have added personal training to my repertoire, and it is such a joy to be able to help others reach their personal goals as they strive to improve their health and well-being through strength-training. This is a subject that is particularly dear to me, since it was bodybuilding that saved my life.

I have been dealing with anorexia since the age of 13. By my late thirties, the eating disorder had such a stranglehold on me that my health began to decline. I fought to continue teaching aerobics as long as I could; but in the spring of 2000 I was forced to enter a residential treatment center for around-the-clock care and monitoring, including a feeding tube. It was so hard to leave my daughters for a month, but it was very necessary.

Upon my release, in order to prevent a relapse, I began strength-training. This forced me to focus on the need to take in adequate high-quality calories in order to build muscle. I also wanted to show our daughters that I was committed to staying alive for them, and that anything can be accomplished through hard work and diligence.

In 2005, at the age of 44, I entered my first competition. I took third place, which to me was miraculous, considering where I'd been a few short years before! Since that time, I have entered 8 competitions, and have been blessed with 15 trophies, several of them first place.

We teach our daughters to strive for excellence and not perfection, and bodybuilding has enabled me to be a living example of this.

Thank You!